Knoxville News Sentinel: UConn Not Called Out By Tennessee For Mo'ne Davis Call

JOHN ALTAVILLA, jaltavilla@courant.com

In his blog in the Knoxville News Sentinel, veteran Tennessee Lady Vols beatwriter Dan Fleser said Monday that Tennessee has denied complicity in the complaint which led to a secondary violation against Geno Auriemma.

Last week, Auriemma said a nameless school filed a complaint with its conference about Auriemma's phone call to Little League star Mo'ne Davis, saying the contact constituted a recruting vioation.

An investigation by the compliance offices of American Athletic Conference, UConn and the NCAA resulted in Auriemma's hand being slapped for the call.

Fleser wrote: A chain of events that resulted in a secondary rules violation against the University of Connecticut did not begin with Tennessee.

UT was not the school that reported UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma's congratulatory phone call to Little League star Mo'ne Davis, said an athletic department source on Monday. The source requested anonymity to avoid setting any precedent for official comment on such matters.